The problem with neets or hikikomoris killing themselves is that Japan is already dealing with a population crisis.

Japanese tend to have an overdrive when it comes to work and inventing new **** . But that overdrive, along with the extreme emphasis on hard work, is causing significant mental damage to many people, especially businessmen, of whom there's a ******* of anime geared towards that we americans think is geared toward young and female children , which helps them find their childhood again and feel happy.

Anime is part of a stress relief system that helps keep Japan from being a nation full of suicides. This stress has caused people to literally drop dead on the trains or in the streets. There are crying stations where adults, full grown, will get together and watch sad movies in order to cry and relieve stress. Hell they have products like a phone bean bag that lets you snuggle it whilst talking to someone, that vibrates to mimic a human heartbeat. Strange to us, but to them, absolute luxuries.

The japanese need a ******* hug and the assurance that life doesn't have to be one great competition.

thanks for adding on to this. though north Americans are told life is a competition with jobs and stuff giving promotions to those who can do there best individually and we aren't in a similar predicament as japan, though this may be because of now much land we have and our culture being different. i had to end it here b/c i would have gone on

We have more of an emphasis in the west on "personal time," especially given how good it is for the economy. Most places give at least one day a week off and a week's paid vacation.

In Japan people are expected to work almost every single day of the year barring local festivals and New Year's, I think Only rich people can afford vacations.. and it's rarely paid.

The other problem is their college system. High schoolers are put through extreme tests to get into college, because what college they attend rather than their grades during college affects what jobs they get later in life. A high schooler in Japan wishing to get into Tokeyo University has to be what we'd consider honor students back home. And to get anywhere beyond middle management they not only have to shine, but shine far brighter than anyone who's ever worked... it's a miserable and busy system with very little time for leisure.

It's no wonder they're preoccupied with sex and don't spend much time trying to develop personal and intimate relationships. And it's also no strange notion, understanding the higher education systems in place from middle school to college, that more and more young people snap and decide never to leave their homes again, even if they're beyond bright. Having to deal with relationships, hormones, and the extreme pressure to succeed... I'm glad I'm an American where having a 3.1 GPA is not seen as "average."

Everything is all in reference to the time when it was created. Whether or not it is a factor now is not important as it has become so ingrained in their culture that it can't be removed.

Testnukes didn't irradiate local populations that much.

that much